"Cold Mountain, a debut novel that tells the extraordinary story of a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the Civil War, made publishing history when it received unprecedented critical acclaim and went on to sell over three million copies. Now the Oscar award-winning director and screenwriter of The English Patient and The Talented Mr. Ripley, Anthony Minghella, translates Charles Frazier's masterpiece to film and ""promises one of the richest screen experiences of the year"" (The New York Times)."